Austin AmeriCorps Week: May 10-15, 2010

Schedule of events (pdf 195kb) | Flyer for more information (pdf 5.3mb)

Celebrate 45 Years of Getting Things Done in Your Neighborhood!

Want to learn more about AmeriCorps projects and who we serve in Austin?

Interested in meeting current members, alumni, or friends of AmeriCorps?

Would you like to volunteer with us, attend our farmer's market booth, or win prizes at one of our community events?

Join us for an event

Use this link to learn about our busy week of activities. Meet us for happy hour, learn more at our trivia night, visit our booth at a Farmer’s Market, or volunteer with us in a service project. You can officially sign up for an event by e-mailing our contact person (see information flyer) or just attend the event(s) that interest you—no RSVP is required for any of our events.

Opportunities with AmeriCorps Austin

Are you interested in local service opportunities with AmeriCorps? See below to read descriptions about local AmeriCorps projects, learn more about the opportunity to serve for one year, find information about the education award, living stipend, and benefits of becoming an AmeriCorps member. Full-time, part-time, and quarter-time positions are available.

AmeriCorps is an opportunity to make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. It's a chance to apply your skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you'll be getting things done through AmeriCorps!

Check out the program descriptions below for the AmeriCorps*State programs in Austin. To learn more about the benefits of AmeriCorps (living allowance, education award, health insurance, etc.) see www.americorps.org/for_individuals/benefits.

For more information about AmeriCorps opportunities in the state of Texas see www.onestarfoundation.org.

For more information about AmeriCorps opportunities nationally, visit www.americorps.org.

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Austin AmeriCorps*State Programs

ACE: A Community for Education (Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

ACE is an early literacy intervention program that works to ensure all children build a strong foundation in reading during their first years in school. ACEE members tutor young children (pre-k through first grade) in reading, teach ESL classes, conduct parent literacy workshops and literacy based Family Fun Nights, and co-chair the Día de los niños/Día de los libros bilingual family literacy day. Members receive extensive initial and ongoing weekly training from literacy specialists. Our goal is that half of our members are proficient in Spanish, but this is not a requirement to apply. Full-time and part-time positions are available for September through May or June. Visit ACE's website for more information.

American Youthworks: American YouthWorks Environmental Corps

Members of E-Corps build parks, maintain trails and do environmental projects, often spending weeks camped out in back country areas across the state. Full- and part-time positions; start dates in January or June. Visit the website for more information.

ASSET*AmeriCorps - Active Service Solutions for Economic Transition

ASSET, an AmeriCorps program of Easter Seals Central Texas, addresses the money management, housing, and assistive technology needs of people with disabilities who are experiencing various transitions. Statewide ASSET*AmeriCorps members, better known as ASSET Navigators, assist individuals with disabilities in flexible one-to-one, small-group, or class-like settings to work toward their independence goals. Want to learn more about the Navigator experience? Visit the website at http://asset.accesstexashousing.org or contact their staff at asset@eastersealstx.com.

College Forward

Members of the College Forward AmeriCorps program provide free college preparatory and retention services to high school juniors and seniors, facilitating their application and matriculation to college. The program promotes academic achievement, student retention, career exploration, and service-learning opportunities. Full- and part-time positions available. Contact: americorps@collegeforward.org or 512-452-4800.

Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Members of Communities In Schools of Central Texas AmeriCorps mentor and tutor public school students in grades 3-8 who are at risk of dropping out. Members receive extensive pre-service and ongoing training to empower them to be excellent tutors, supportive mentors, and leaders of service-learning projects. Full- and part-time positions available for September-July. Contact americorps@cisaustin.org or 512-464-9733, or apply on the CIS of CT website.

Go Centers—College for All Texans

Go Centers College for All Texans AmeriCorps members serve in high school college and career centers, known GO Centers, to encourage higher education after graduation and provide a college-going culture among students, parents, and the community. Our members work with students individually and/or in small groups to provide mentoring, college admission, financial aid assistance, test preparation, and career exploration for students in 9th-12th grade. Contact Claudette Jenks at 512-427-6529 or email claudette.jenks@thecb.state.tx.us, or visit the website for additional information.

Goodwill Industries of Central Texas

Members of the Goodwill Industries of Central Texas AmeriCorps Program focus on Youth Development, Financial Literacy, Employer Development, and Volunteer Management. The individuals provide direct service to participants in Goodwill's various programs and recruit volunteers to further Goodwill's mission.  Full- and part-time positions are available. Email americorps@austingoodwill.org for more information, or please fax resume and Goodwill application to 512-480-5948. Please write "Americorps Member" as the position you are seeking on the application.

Travis County 4-H CAPITAL AmeriCorps: 4-H CAPITAL

Through hands-on scientific learning experiences, 4H CAPITAL provides quality science and outdoor education to underserved Austin youth in a variety of out-of-school environments, after-school clubs, and camps. 4-H programs promote leadership, citizenship, scientific literacy, health, life skills, and academic development. AmeriCorps Program year is mid-August through end of May/June. Full and part-time positions available. Visit 4hcapital.org, or email travisac@ag.tamu.edu to request an application.

AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America)

Full-time positions only. Help nonprofits that serve low-income communities to build capacity and work toward long-term sustainability. The primary difference between VISTA and AmeriCorps*State programs are that VISTA is only full time, and VISTA members do not do direct service with clients, but work for agencies to build their capacity to serve (i.e., volunteer management, fund development, PR/Marketing, etc. Openings are available in a wide range of agencies in Central Texas. See www.americorps.org for more information.

For more information about AmeriCorps opportunities in the state of Texas see www.onestarfoundation.org.

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